Operabase370.000 performances on file since 1996;Seasons of 900+ opera companies

The five seasons 2009/10 to 2013/14Works from 1249 different composers were played, of whom more than half (670) are livingA total of 2565 different works were given, including over 300 world premieres

Total number of performances by country, for the 2013/14 season. In brackets, the national populations in millions. The one big change compared with our previous years' statistics is the rise of Russia, which is due to better collection rather than an actual increase in the number of performances.

Germany easily maintains its dominant position, but Russia overtakes the USA to move into second place.

Maat, asukasta kohti

Top

1

at

Itävalta

149.8

(1252 /

8.356m)

2

ee

Viro

97.8

(131 /

1.340m)

3

ch

Sveitsi

95.9

(747 /

7.786m)

4

de

Saksa

92.5

(7565 /

81.758m)

5

cz

Tšekki

87.5

(934 /

10.675m)

6

hu

Unkari

61.8

(614 /

9.942m)

7

si

Slovenia

60.5

(124 /

2.049m)

8

lt

Liettua

53.3

(173 /

3.244m)

9

sk

Slovakia

49.2

(267 /

5.430m)

10

dk

Tanska

45.0

(250 /

5.558m)

11

bg

Bulgaria

42.6

(323 /

7.577m)

12

lu

Luxemburg

41.8

(21 /

0.502m)

13

lv

Latvia

40.1

(89 /

2.218m)

14

se

Ruotsi

39.4

(369 /

9.354m)

15

no

Norja

36.0

(178 /

4.938m)

16

hr

Kroatia

35.9

(161 /

4.486m)

17

fi

Suomi

30.5

(164 /

5.375m)

18

be

Belgia

22.7

(246 /

10.828m)

19

it

Italia

21.0

(1268 /

60.419m)

20

fr

Ranska

19.2

(1266 /

65.822m)

The number of performances per million citizens. In brackets, the total number of performances and the population in millions.

Kaupungissa

Top

1

de (#1)

Berlin

581

(3.44m)

2

at (#1)

Wien

556

(2.00m)

3

ru (#1)

Moscow

539

(10.56m)

4

uk (#1)

London

511

(8.28m)

5

ru (#2)

St Petersburg

501

(4.88m)

6

hu (#1)

Budapest

360

(2.52m)

7

fr (#1)

Paris

352

(10.20m)

8

cz (#1)

Praha

350

(1.25m)

9

us (#1)

New York

337

(18.22m)

10

de (#2)

Hamburg

302

(1.77m)

11

de (#3)

Dresden

287

(0.78m)

12

de (#4)

München

287

(2.61m)

13

es (#1)

Madrid

263

(3.26m)

14

ch (#1)

Zurich

200

(0.37m)

15

se (#1)

Stockholm

188

(1.25m)

16

de (#5)

Frankfurt

186

(2.29m)

17

de (#6)

Stuttgart

160

(1.80m)

18

de (#7)

Hannover

156

(0.53m)

19

pl (#1)

Wroclaw

156

(0.63m)

20

sk (#1)

Bratislava

151

(0.59m)

The number of performances in each city, in the 2013/14 season. The figure given in brackets is the urban population in millions.
The most operatic city in 2013/14 is Berlin (top also in 2011/12), overtaking Wien (top in 2009/10 and 2012/13. Moscow is third.